150 www.motocrossactionmag.comJust like your engine, your suspensionneeds to be broken in before it canwork as designed.

FORKS NEED BREAK-IN ALSO

Dear MXA,I bought a 2018 KTM 350SXF,took it straight to my local track andhated the WP air forks. They werevery stiff, rode high and didn’t followthe ground. The guy parked nextto me had an almost identical KTM350SXF with eight hours on it, andhe let me ride his. It was much bet-ter than mine. I took his air pressureand clicker settings and put them inmy forks, but it was still too hard.

Did I get a lemon?

No. The difference between your
forks and the forks of the guy who
was nice enough to let you ride his
bike was the eight hours that he had
on his forks. New forks are always
stiff because of the stiction of the
tight fork seals, bushings, internal
piston bands, non-viscous fork oil
and the grease that the forks are
put together with. Any fork needs
at least two hours of riding time to